The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-03
PROVIsIONS.

BUTTER-Butterine, l2@l5c; cream
cry, 3l@33c; dairy, POO &c; country
butter, l5@22c.
Hoe PRoDUCTs. Strong and advancing
mess pork, sl6 75@ls; sugar cured
hsme, lla@l23c; breakfast bacon, 9A@
l01c; clear rib sides bacon, SIC; bacon
shoulders, tic; bulk pork clear sides,
Sic; cleyr rib sides, Sic; shoul-
dels, 63c; long clear, ste; pork
strips, ito.
LARD-TieIces, 6Jc half barrels, 10
kegs, "a; choice Ertt'e, ssI
FRESH MEATs-Uity best, forequar.
ters, 394c; mutton, &c; hind quarters
OF best, 6(96c hogs, &c; county hog,
&c.
PoULTRY-Chictrns active; spring.
So 50@3 80; old hens,f3 25 Turkeys, 500
IL. Geese, s4@i 80. Ducks, 1908 %;
dressed chickens, 81 1908 % per
dozen; dressed turkeys, l29lSc per
pound.
GAME-Qusils, per dozen, 81 25(9
! 60 Squirrels, 81 25(Al so. Rabbits,
81 so per dozen. Ducks, wild, 500
2 80. Venison, whole, 6@7c; saddles,
9@10c.
CHREsE-Prime fat', 9@10o; New
York factory, none; full cream, 1870
lac; Young America, lac.
Pros FEET = BarrelG, So; half barrels,
So 70; kegs, 81 10.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 2.-Provis.
ions dull and unsettled Pork, irreg-
u'ar, closing sc SIS. Lard steady at
f6 1907. Bulk meats higher; loose
loIs-long clear, 81 75; short ribs,
~ So; short clear, So %. Boxed lots
long clear, W 65@7 20; short ribs,
81 80; 81 ort clear, IS. Bscon-long
ear, So 20; short ribs So 80; shot
clea- ,IS3 80. Hams firm at 1l@l31,.
Bat or quiet but stronger; creamery,
24@2Sc; dairy, l5@24c. Eggs easier
at l2c.
CHICAGO, Ill, March 2.-The 70.
ceiDts of 1--we hogs were larger at the
yards and prices we're lover. The
rtocks of provisions were larger than
generally anticipated and the r6ceipis
OF products greatly exec ded the ship
nents; yet in the face OF these features
. ne mess pork market was held up
firmly. The starting price for May
wss Sl8 40, from which point it al
vanced steadily t. $40 80, fell of TO
t18 80 and closed a. that figure. On
,hs report that the directors Of the
Board had been called TO name price
for calling margins, a more quiet feel
ing prevailed, operators p,elefring TO
await the action the directors might
take. The demand on Shipping &C.
count was light, buyers refusing to
meet the Advance. Lard Closed 81
per 100 pounds lower than On
yesterday, aud short ribs we're
l5c per 100 pounds lower. Cash quo
taions were ss follows: Mess
pork, per brl, $lS 5O@lS 80; lard,
per 100 lbs, 81; short rib sides, loosp,
81 60@7 65; dry sailed shout
clear sides, boxed, So O5@S 10. |
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Mess pork--Msrch opened at $lS 10, |
highest $40 10, lowest $lS 10, closing |
It Sl8 20; May opened at f18 40, high
'st $40 90, lowest $lS 40, closing at
Sl8 30; June opened at SIS 40, highest
'l9 so, lowest SIS 40, closing st SIS 80.
4ard--March opened at So %, high
'st 81, lowest So 95, closing at
Il; May opened at 81 10, highest
Y 10, lowest 81 07l closing at 81 l2!.
-une opened at 81 l5 highest 81 ia,
owest 81 124, closi0g at 81 IA. Short
ibs-March opened at 81 85, highest
z 20, lowest 81 81, closing ct 81 80;
day opened At 81 70, highest 81 so,
owest 81 20, closing at 81 20; June
pened at 81 ia, higbts' 81 so, low
st 81 rs, closing at 81 70. On the
'Ioduce Exchange today the butter
market was firm; creamery, 23l938c;
AIRY, 22l@26c per ID. Eggs, 14l@